Protest is only seen as fundamentally American when those who have long had the luxury of seeing themselves as prototypically American engage in it.
While this article by Tim Wise for the San Francisco Sentinel beats its main point almost to death, it's an important point that needs to be made...and heard. 75 white boys with guns protesting the current administration isn't too scary to me, but affirmative responses to their behavior in mainstream media outlets is troubling indeed.